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PRONUNCIATION OF LAY ONESELF OPEN

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WHAT DOES LAY ONESELF OPEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lay oneself open in the English dictionary

The definition of lay oneself open in the dictionary is to make oneself vulnerable.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAY ONESELF OPEN

lay hold of
lay in
lay into
lay it on
lay it on thick
lay low
lay off
lay on
lay on the line
lay one´s finger on
lay open
lay out
lay over
lay people
lay person
lay preacher
lay reader
lay siege to
lay sister
lay store by

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAY ONESELF OPEN

autopen
bring into the open
come into the open
copen
half-open
keep an eye open
keep one´s options open
keep one´s weather eye open
lay open
open
reopen
semiopen
the open
to blow sth wide open
unopen
wide open
wide-open
with one´s eyes open

Synonyms and antonyms of lay oneself open in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lay oneself open» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAY ONESELF OPEN

Find out the translation of lay oneself open to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lay oneself open from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lay oneself open» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

躺在自己开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sentar a uno mismo abierto
570 millions of speakers

English

lay oneself open
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपने आप को खुला रखना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع نفسه مفتوحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выкладываться открыт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colocar -se aberto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিজেকে খোলা রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poser soi-même ouvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbaring diri terbuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

legen sich offen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分が開いたレイアウト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자신이 펼쳐 놓으
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapusi awake dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt mình mở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்திருங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वतःला खुल्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kendini açmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laici stessi aperto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leżał sobie otwarte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викладатися відкритий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune sine deschis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να ορίσει τον εαυτό του ανοικτού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lê om jouself oop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lägga sig öppen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legge seg åpen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lay oneself open

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY ONESELF OPEN»

The term «lay oneself open» is normally little used and occupies the 134.804 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY ONESELF OPEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lay oneself open» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lay oneself open» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lay oneself open

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY ONESELF OPEN»

Discover the use of lay oneself open in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lay oneself open and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
She laid herself out to make her guests comfortable. lay oneself open to sth jam i hapur ndaj, ve veten, vihem □ Not to defend oneself would be to lay oneself, and one 's children, open to oppression, slavery or extermination. □ One can ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Idioms and Phrases
Lay oneself open to Render oneself liable to criticism, calumny etc. When she went about doing things in her own way without listening to the advice of others she laid herself open to criticism. Lay oneself out to do something Exert oneself; ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
3
Primitives in the Wilderness: Deep Ecology and the Missing ...
... to throw open the gates of ones own positions; to expose oneself to the other, the outsider; and to lay oneself open to surprises, contestation, and inculpation. . . . To enter into conversation is to struggle against the noise, the interference, and  ...
Peter C. van Wyck
4
Moments of Meeting: Buber, Rogers, and the Potential for ...
To enter into conversation with another is to lay down one's arms and one's defenses; to throw open the gates of one's own positions; to expose oneself to the other, the outsider; and to lay oneself open to surprises, contestation, and ...
Kenneth N. Cissna, Rob Anderson, 2002
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The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition: ...
The generative significance of her act, and the impregnatory significance, are usually one and the same thing; to lay oneself open to an intromission of flesh not of one's flesh, but of another's, an intromission whose function is to make one ...
Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, Darlene Fozard Weaver, 2008
6
A New Beginning: How Gastric Bypass Surgery Saved My Life ...
In A New Beginning, Lee Joel Tiru courageously opens his heart and mind to the emotional and physical challenges he faced as a morbidly obese youngster and teenager.
Lee Joel Tiru, 2008
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A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
A blot is an «exposed' piece. -Dan. blot, bare, naked ; whence give sig blot, to lay oneself open, expose oneself; Swed. blott, naked ; blotia, to lay oneself open.-f- Du. Moot, naked, Moolstellen, to expose ; G. bloss, naked. Allied to Icel. blatitr, ...
Walter W. Skeat, Walter William Skeat, 2005
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
... expose oneself to, lay oneself open to; run up; attract, invite, earn, arouse, cause, give rise to, be liable/subject to, meet with, sustain, experience, contract. incurable adjective 1 an incurable illness: untreatable, inoperable, irremediable;  ...
‎2012
9
Reason and Value:Themes from the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz
The point in the main text is merely that one lays oneself open to the complaint that one has failed to respond to the nature of a certain reason if one complies with the enticer rather than with the requirer, and one does not lay oneself open to ...
R. Jay Wallace, Philip Pettit, Samuel Scheffler, 2004
10
Webster's New World 575+ Italian Verbs
As a reflexive verb esporsi ("to expose oneself" or "lay oneself open to") uses the reflexive pronouns mi, ti, si, ci, vi, si as well as Mode Simple Tenses Compound Tenses Singular I Plural Singular I Plural Present Present Perfect espongo ...
Laura Soave, 2008

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY ONESELF OPEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lay oneself open is used in the context of the following news items.
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Exhibition marking President Michel 10th Year in office
Judge me through what I do is being courageous enough to lay oneself open to critics, but it is a statement that calls for transparency in one's ... «Office of the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Apr 14»
2
The injury that has no quick fix
... that to admit fear or unhappiness would be to lay oneself open not only to ridicule but to being dropped from the side (the very word "dropped" hints at the link ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Feb 13»
3
'It is very lonely to fight for justice'
One had to lay oneself open to several allegations, none of which were proven, yet they are floating around in the public domain. What do you ... «Tehelka, Aug 12»
4
On the Need for New Criteria of Diagnosis of Psychosis in the Light …
iii) To lay oneself open to believing that a person is undergoing the experience of being invaded mentally and physically by an unseen ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Oct 07»

REFERENCE
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